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February 2008

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Dr Maria Ligia de Oliveira Barbosa
IFCS-Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro &
Professor Emerita Laura Randall
Hunter College, City University of New York

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E-Library

* UNDP-United Nations Development Program: Atlas of Human Development in Brazil (Portuguese); 2005 Brazil Human Development Report; 2004 Racial Atlas (Portuguese)

* New Information on Determinants of ParentsÌ Expectancies of Level of Schooling Child Will Complete and TeachersÌ Evaluations of Child Ability in Belo Horizonte, Laura Randall, 29 May 2007
* O Impacto da Cor Sobre o Desempenho dos Estudantes Segundo as CaracterÃsticas da FamÃlia e o Contexto da Escola, Laura Randall & Maria Ligia de Oliveira Barbosa, 22 February 2007
* Lessons from the City University of New York for the Establishment of Quotas for University Admission in Brazil, Laura Randall, New York City, 23 April 2006
* Evaluating BrazilÌs Bolsa Escola Program: governance and decentralized implementation, Alain de Janvry et al., University of California, Berkeley, July 2005
* Education-Oriented Social Programs in Brazil: The Impact of Bolsa Escola, Simon Schwartzman, paper submitted to the Global Conference on Education Research in Developing Countries (Research for Results on Education), Global Development Network, Prague, 31 March-2 April 2005
* Determinants of Parents' and Teachers' Expectations of Chid Ability in Belo Horizonte, Maria Ligia de Oliveira Barbosa & Laura Randall, 5 February 2004
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Quotas in Brazilian Public Universities: Good or Bad Idea? Eduardo Andrade, working paper no. 303, UnB-Universidade de Brasilia, 15 August 2003
* The Challenges of Education in Brazil, Simon Schwartzman, Centre for Brazilian Studies, working paper no. 38, University of Oxford, 2003
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Returns to Schooling: A Selectivity Bias Approach with Continuous Variable Choice for Brazil, Adolfo Sachsida, Paulo Roberto Amorim Loureiro and Mario Jorge Cardoso Mendonca, Catholic University of Brasilia working paper, July 2002
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Reducing Schooling Inequality in Brazil: Demographic Opportunities and Inter-Cohort Differentials, Sergei S. Soares, Carlos Eduardo Velez and Marcelo Medeiros, working paper no. 850, IPEA, December 2001

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E-Libraries/Portals

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Cultural Studies-Prossiga: contemporary culture; links to institutions, social movements and citizenship; publications, etc.
* LITE-Laborat€rio Interdisciplinar de Tecnologias Educacionais: UNICAMP-Universidade de Campinas; texts, working groups, publications, etc.
* Social Sciences-Prossiga: sociology, political science and anthropology; links to institutions, publications, libraries/database, etc.
* Virtual Library of Education-Prossiga: e-library, statistics; English and French versions

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Government

* Bolsa Escola: program by the Education Ministry
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Education Ministry: information, news, statistics, documents, etc.; site map; search
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INEP-Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais AnÃsio Teixeira: Edudata; site map
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M?rio Covas Reference Center in Education: Secretariat for Education SÑo Paulo state; research and statistics; site map
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Multieducation Information Center: Rio de Janeiro City Hall; search
* Prolei-Programa de Legisla¡Ño Educacional Integrada: educational law database

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Research Institutions

* Brazilian Center of Philosophy for Children: educational theory; library, links, etc.
* IBGE-Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e EstatÃstica: site map, search; English and Spanish
* IPEA-Instituto de Pesquisa EconŸmica Aplicada: site map; search for publications on education
* Paulo Freire Institute: some of Freire's work & other authors' studies; links; English version; hosts CLACSO- Latin American Council of Social Science Work Group Education and Society (English)

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E-Media

* ANDI-AgÕncia de NotÃcias pelos Direitos da Crian¡a: articles, studies, media watch, etc.
* Auge Educacional: news, links, articles, studies, projects
* Conte?do Escola: portal; law, social exclusion, projects, articles, links, etc.
* EducaBrasil: news agency; book reviews, interviews, news-articles
* Educa¡Ño on line: website; law, documents and articles
* E-Agora: with section on Education

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Publications

* Cadernos Cedes: Cedes-Centro de Estudos Educa¡Ño e Sociedade (source: Scielo)
* CiÕncias e Cogni¡Ño: e-publication
* CurrÃculo sem Fronteiras: twice-yearly; English
* Educa¡Ño e Pesquisa: USP-Universidade de SÑo Paulo; twice-yearly (source: Scielo)
* Educa¡Ño e Sociedade: Cedes-Centro de Estudos Educa¡Ño e Sociedade; three times a year (source: Scielo)
* Revista E-Curriculum: PUC-SP/PontifÃcia Universidade Cat€lica de SÑo Paulo
* Revista da Faculdade de Educa¡Ño: USP-Universidade de SÑo Paulo; twice-yearly (source: Scielo)

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NGOs

* A¡Ño Educativa: research and projects; reports, studies and documents
* CECRIA-Centro de ReferÕncia, Estudos e A¡?es sobre Crian¡as e Adolescentes: research institute; labor, health, education, violence; articles and publications, law and statistics, links
* CENPEC-Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas em Educa¡Ño, Cultura e A¡Ño Comunit?ria: news, projects and publications
* Cereja-Centro de ReferÕncia em Educa¡Ño de Jovens e Adultos (Alfabetiza¡Ño Solid?ria); youth and adults; studies, statistics and projects
* MissÑo Crian¡a: by Senator Cristovam Buarque (ex-minister of Education); news and articles

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International Sources

* Education Policy Analysis Archives: Arizona State University; full-text papers, search
* Education Review: "a journal of book reviews"; English, Spanish and Portuguese
* Eldis-Latin America: Brazil education profile; search
* EPDC-Education Policy & Data Center: data and analysis; see Brazil; search data
* IADB-Inter-American Development Bank: education and Brazil pages; English and Spanish
* OLPED-Observat€rio Latino-Americano de PolÃticas Educacionais: Laborat€rio de PolÃticas P?blicas- UERJ; public policy, papers and links; Spanish and Portuguese; multilingual bulletin (news and analysis)
* PREAL-Programa de Promoci€n de la Reforma Educativa en Am»rica Latina y el Caribe: in Spanish
* REDUC-Red Latinoamericana de Informacion y Documentation en Educacion: with full-text papers
* UNDP-United Nations Development Program: Atlas of Human Development in Brazil (Portuguese)
* Unesco-Education: Brazil page; office in Brasilia in Portuguese; World Education Forum
* Unicef Brazil: news and statistics in Portuguese; Brazil profile (main site)
* USAID-Latin American Economic and Social Database in Education: US Agency for International Development
* US National Center for Educational Statistics: section on international statistics; search
* World Bank: Education homepage (site map), Education Statistics Database; office in Brazil; Brazilian page for Research Project on Educational Attainment and Enrollment around the World; general site map

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Homepages

* Cristovam Buarque: senator and ex-minister of Education
* Simon Schwartzman: leading political scientist; education and poverty issues; full access to papers, studies, articles; English, Portuguese and/or Spanish
* Paulo Renato Souza: ex-minister of Education; Portuguese and English

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